Projects are based on collaborative research involving the AMRC, industrial partners, and other research institutions and companies across Europe, and typically run for three to four years.

The European projects team helps AMRC staff develop ideas and prepare proposals for funding applications. They also help manage the administration of successful proposals, and dissemination of results.

MMTECH – New aerospace advanced cost effective materials and rapid manufacturing technologies. The AMRC is coordinating the project and will be developing and optimising additive manufacturing systems for titanium gamma aluminides.

Copernico– Cooperation environment for rapid design, prototyping and new integration concepts for the factory of the future. The AMRC is developing a cladistic system for understanding company requirements, and working with industrial partners on factory design. See the project video on YouTube.

The AMRC is also a partner in other ongoing European collaborative projects including:

Smart-E – a Marie Curie training network preparing the next generation of advanced roboticists to develop technologies for sustainable manufacturing. We are responsible developing the training programme, and investigating real-time monitoring of swarm cells.

FOCUS- Bringing together different clusters of FoF projects to enhance their impact and creating a method for successful clustering. We are involved through through the REFORM (reform.eu.com) project as part of the clean manufacturing cluster.